Chandrakant Khaire complained to the Central Vigilance Commission and Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily that the MP was arm-twisting him to award a contract worth over Rs 100 crore to a company of the MP’s choice.

SummaryThe company in question is Hyderabad-based MBG Commodities Private Ltd.

Khaire claimed he had not called Singh to his house on August 5 but had agreed to Singh’s request for the meeting after “some politicians” requested him to do so.

“I asked him (R K Singh) to work as per the law. I told him that while Gandhar was evading duty, the second lowest bidder was not technically qualified,” Khaire told The Indian Express.

MBG Commodities, earlier known as Maheshwari Brothers Group, is owned by the Mandhani family with Bijay Mandhani as its managing director. It describes itself as importers-exporters of solid fuels and suppliers of coal, asphalt and petroleum products. In response to a message, Bijay Mandhani’s office said he was unavailable.